American movies – Page 21

ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

Showbiz is an eternal, elemental struggle in one of the greatest of all satires.

Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are fun to hang out with, and this movie is very funny, but I have many problems. I am a dude.

John Wayne drags a handsome guy around the American West because he is so racist. It’s kind of like the Odyssey.

A documentary about pet cemeteries and also the meaning of life, maybe low-key one of my all-time favorites.

Sidney Poitier has to solve a murder in a small southern town that hates him. A great social movie but kind of a blah procedural.

The first Indiana Jones movie defined its genre for more than one generation of moviegoers.

A breakthrough in special effects is used in service of a story that… what is this?

The Muppets take their act to Broadway in one of the definitive movies of my childhood.

A masterpiece of a horror movie. IN SPACE!

A road comedy that feels somehow revolutionary in its plea for empathy, while also having some big laughs.